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Tresors de la Mer

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 Our first lunch in Taipei was at Tresors De la Mer at Addiction Aquatic Development. Thank you Ning @nsdelgado for the recommendation – We love it!! #addictionaquaticdevelopment #tresorsdelamer #H2HTaiwantresors-de-la-mer-26 First step is to choose your seafood and order here before going to the dining areatresors-de-la-mer-1 You have to walk up to go to the dining areatresors-de-la-mer-4 tresors-de-la-mer-24 Bar seating styletresors-de-la-mer-5 I like the corner table for a romantic meal 🙂  tresors-de-la-mer-6 restroomtresors-de-la-mer-11  Indoor dining – there are several caged dining areas which have from 2 to 6 tablestresors-de-la-mer-7tresors-de-la-mer-8tresors-de-la-mer-9kitchen
tresors-de-la-mer-10 View from the 2nd floor dining areatresors-de-la-mer-23 tresors-de-la-mer-3 tresors-de-la-mer-12 tresors-de-la-mer-13 tresors-de-la-mer-22 tresors-de-la-mer-2 Yum! Fresh grilled prawnstresors-de-la-mer-15  Everyone’s favorite was the Alaskan King crab grilled, then second the steamed Alaskan King crab.  We had it 2 waystresors-de-la-mer-16 tresors-de-la-mer-17 tresors-de-la-mer-19 tresors-de-la-mer-14 tresors-de-la-mer-18 tresors-de-la-mer-21  Clam souptresors-de-la-mer-20tresors-de-la-mer-25

Addiction Aquatic Development

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 Addiction Aquatic Development is a 2,000 sq meter space with 10 different areas – Live Aquatic area putting together fresh seafood from all over the world, sushi, hot pot, grill, supermarket, deli, fried cooking, flower shop. LOVE  it #addictionaquaticdevelopment #H2HTaiwanaddiction-aquatic-development-2 addiction-aquatic-development-3 addiction-aquatic-development-4 addiction-aquatic-development-5 addiction-aquatic-development-6 addiction-aquatic-development-7 addiction-aquatic-development-8 addiction-aquatic-development-9 addiction-aquatic-development-10 addiction-aquatic-development-11 addiction-aquatic-development-12 addiction-aquatic-development-13 addiction-aquatic-development-14 addiction-aquatic-development-15 addiction-aquatic-development-16 addiction-aquatic-development-17 addiction-aquatic-development-18 addiction-aquatic-development-19 addiction-aquatic-development-20 addiction-aquatic-development-21 addiction-aquatic-development-22 addiction-aquatic-development-23 addiction-aquatic-development-24 addiction-aquatic-development-25 addiction-aquatic-development-26 addiction-aquatic-development-27 addiction-aquatic-development-28 addiction-aquatic-development-29 addiction-aquatic-development-30 addiction-aquatic-development-31 addiction-aquatic-development-32 addiction-aquatic-development-33 addiction-aquatic-development-34 addiction-aquatic-development-35 addiction-aquatic-development-36 addiction-aquatic-development-37 addiction-aquatic-development-38 addiction-aquatic-development-39 addiction-aquatic-development-40 addiction-aquatic-development-41 addiction-aquatic-development-42 addiction-aquatic-development-43 addiction-aquatic-development-44 addiction-aquatic-development-45 addiction-aquatic-development-46 addiction-aquatic-development-47 addiction-aquatic-development-48 addiction-aquatic-development-49 addiction-aquatic-development-50 addiction-aquatic-development-51 addiction-aquatic-development-52 This is the grill area which I hope to try next timeaddiction-aquatic-development-53 Make sure to have the yummy soft serve in the grocery there 🙂 YUM!addiction-aquatic-development-54 addiction-aquatic-development-1

Bencotto at the Mandarin Oriental

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First meal in Taipei!  Italian! haha!!!  It is just more convenient as we arrived late afternoon already

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 Beautiful interiors!!bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-1 I love the blue doors!!bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-29bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-31bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-7 bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-2  Wine bottles chandelier
bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-8  Bar and open kitchenbencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-3 bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-4 bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-5 bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-6Dad asking our server Woody why his name is Woody haha!!  Woody is French 🙂
bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-23bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-12Cipolla di Tropea
bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-20Cappesante, Broccoli E Bottargabencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-19bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-17bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-13 Carbonarabencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-15Tagliatelle Bolognese – they take their bolognese very seriously at Bencotto 🙂  bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-24bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-21bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-35bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-22 It’s so special we only get this portion! haha!!  Kidding!  We were plenty so we divided itbencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-26bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-9Bistecca alla Fiorentinabencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-27bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-37bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-36 bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-10 bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-14Risotto Ai Ricci di Marebencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-25Bencotto pizza yum!bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-33  Toscanabencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-34Margherita for the kidsbencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-16bencotto-at-the-mandarin-oriental-11My sister asked me if she could borrow my glasses but I didn’t bring it. Our handsome 🙂 French server Woody heard her and next thing we knew he came back with glasses. What service!! From Bencotto @mo_tpe #mandarinorientaltaipei #bencottomandarinorientaltaipei #H2HTaiwan
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Mandarin Oriental Taipei

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The Mandarin Oriental Taipei is relatively new – it’s 2 years old 🙂  mandarin-oriental-taipei-2  Fresh Christmas tree!!!mandarin-oriental-taipei-3 mandarin-oriental-taipei-4 mandarin-oriental-taipei-5 mandarin-oriental-taipei-6  Receptionmandarin-oriental-taipei-7 mandarin-oriental-taipei-8 mandarin-oriental-taipei-9 mandarin-oriental-taipei-10 mandarin-oriental-taipei-11A hallway in the hotelmandarin-oriental-taipei-31Marble everywhere mandarin-oriental-taipei-26 Liftmandarin-oriental-taipei-27 mandarin-oriental-taipei-28Birdcage lights by the mirror – like a Mark Justiniani artwork 🙂  – beside each room entrymandarin-oriental-taipei-20 I like it that when you enter the room, the lights automatically turn on!mandarin-oriental-taipei-16  Very spacious!mandarin-oriental-taipei-12 mandarin-oriental-taipei-13 I missed taking the photo of the shower and tub but it was beautiful – almost everything marblemandarin-oriental-taipei-19  Dressing room with vanity table! mandarin-oriental-taipei-17 mandarin-oriental-taipei-14 mandarin-oriental-taipei-15 mandarin-oriental-taipei-18 mandarin-oriental-taipei-21 mandarin-oriental-taipei-22 mandarin-oriental-taipei-23 mandarin-oriental-taipei-24 Hoarded all the Diptyque toiletries 🙂mandarin-oriental-taipei-1mandarin-oriental-taipei-25Some rooms have a separate toilet from the shower area
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Facade of the hotel at night from one of the balconies
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